Non-refillable bottle.



No. 861,589. I PATBNTED JULY 30, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed August 21,1906. Serial No. 331,502.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM T. HARPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flagstaff, in the county of Coconino, Territory of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

lhe present invention relates to means for the prevention of fraud in bottled goods by the substitution of spurious or inferior goods for the original contents of the bottle.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device which can be readily applied to the'bottle and which will operate to prevent any refilling thereof.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to he had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a vertical sectional view through a bottle constructed in accordance' with the invention; and, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the neck of the bottle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral l designates the bottle which may be of any suitable type, and 2 the neck thereof which is pressed inwardly or contracted at 3 to form a seat for the valve Ll. The portion of the neck 2 above the valve seat 3 preferably iiares outwardly as shown in the drawings. The valve l which normally rests upon the valve seat 3 is in the nature of a ball and may be formed of any suitable material such as rubber, cement or glass. A tube 5 fits within the bottle neck and is secured in position above the ball 4. This tube 5 may be formed of any suitable material such as cork and is capped by the perforated disk 6 which fits against the upper face of the same and is formed of spring metal so as to engage with the diver-ging sides of the bottle neck when pressed downwardly. A valve 7 operates to normally close the opening through thedisk 6 and prevent any liquid from entering the bottle l. .A valve stem 8 is connected to the valve 7 and extends downwardly through the openings in the disk 6 and tube 5 to form a guide for the valve and limit the movement of the same. This latter result is accomplished in the present instance by flaring the lower end of the stem 8 downwardly so as to engage with the perforation through the 'disk 6 when the valve reaches the limit of its upward movement.

The mouth of the bottle is formed with the outwardly projecting annular rib 9 around which a metallic ring l0 is fastened. The outer edge of this ring l0 is bent inwardly so as to against the interior portion of the neck of the bottle and forni a seatv for the reception of the cork which is removable in the usual manner and forms a closure for the bottle to prevent evaporation of the contents. ln order to provide for the ready remo val of the cork l1, a band l2 of wire or similar 1naterial is provided which extends around the cork and has a finger piece 13 formed in connection therewith. When formed of wire, as in the present instance the finger piece l3 is made integral with the band and the wire can be embedded in cuts in the sides of the cork. In the operation of the device it will be apparent that when the bottle is inverted, the valves 4 and 7 will fall away from their seats and permit the contents of the bottle to How outwardly. However, when the bottle is in its normal or upright position the valves 4 and 7 lrest upon their seats and form a tight closure which effectively prevents the forcing of any liquid within the bottle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination of a bottle having the neck,p0rtion thereof contracted, a valve normally resting upon the contracted portion of the neck to prevent the entrance of any liquid within the bottle, a tube fitting in the neck of the bottle beyond the valve, a perforated disk fitting against the tube, a valve normally closing the opening through the perforated disk, and a valve stem carried by the valve and extending through the opening in the disk, the end portion of the stem being enlarged so as to engage the disk and limit the movement of the valve.

2. The combination of a bottle having-the neck thereof contracted, a valve normally resting upon the contracted portion of the neck, a tube fitting within the neck of the bottle beyond the valve, a perforated disk fitting against the tube, a valve fitted upon the perforated disk and cooperating with the before mentioned valve to prevent any liquid from being forced in the bottle, and a valve stem secured to the second mentioned valve and passing through and adapted to engage the perforated disk to limit the movement of the valve.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I. HARPER. [n s] Witnesses THOMAS DnvINn, THOMAS A. FLYNN. 

